North America

Oh Hawaii! How you never fail to disappoint on the destination wedding front.

Eternal sunshine, tropical sandy beaches that stretch for miles, leggy palm trees blowing gently in the Pacific Ocean breeze and the icing on the (wedding) cake is the guaranteed spectacular sunsets – total bliss!

Won over by this dreamy destination, Ashley and Jon jetted off from Utah in the U.S. with close family and friends to the idyllic island of Maui. They tied the knot with a relaxed boho affair – perfectly fitting for a beach ceremony location. Their adorable children played an integral role in the nuptials making their darling day a true family affair.

With an ideal concoction of light, bright sunshiny days, leggy palm tree backdrops and an eclectic choice of chic and elegant or edgy and hipster venues (that all come with a generous side serving of cool), Palm Springs certainly dishes up superior destination wedding days.

Add some seriously glamorous wedding décor, glitzy sequinned bridesmaid dresses and a stylish-as-can-be bride and groom to a sophisticated Country Club venue and you have Kendrick and Aron’s jaw-droppingly gorgeous Palm Springs wedding soiree. Sounds amazing right? Well I’ll leave you here to enjoy the serious wedding eye candy that awaits you….

If you’re considering having a theme for your destination wedding day then you couldn’t go far wrong by taking some tips from Danielle and Aaron’s nautical styled New York soiree.

Using one strong theme for a wedding can sometimes overshadow the day however this stylish duo perfectly filled their big city shindig with personal touches and brought their love of wanderlust to life without going overboard!

Stripes and anchor references styled the suited and booted sailors and maids, table dressings referenced a love of travel and heading out across the high seas and the bride rocked an absolutely darling button front wedding dress – Ahoy New York!

Playacar is a five star gated resort area just south of Playa Del Carmen on Mexico’s Mayan Riviera. This luxurious gated community is home to a select number of high end all inclusive hotels and luxury condo complexes all sporting private white sand beachfront locations with unobstructed views of the crystal clear ocean (how much does that make you want to go on holiday?!).

Sara and Paul left their home of Canada behind and with their nearest and dearest beside them they journeyed to the tropical paradise of Playacar for an intimate wedding overlooking the beach. Pure destination wedding bliss!

Sometimes you visit somewhere and you feel like you’ve seen it, you loved it, but you’ve ticked it off the list and there’s no desperate need to return. Some other times though, you visit somewhere and as soon as you leave you long to go back.

No matter how many days you had there, it just didn’t feel quite long enough and you can’t shake the feeling that maybe you missed something or that you’d simply like to hang out there a little bit more…

Where are those places for you? Hawaii is one that’s on my list, particularly Waikiki Beach, but the Hawaiian Islands on a whole, and so every time a destination wedding from Hawaii pops up in my inbox it’s like receiving a little taster of this tropical paradise all over again!

Alisha and Dave’s beautiful and intimate ocean view ceremony certainly epitomises the magic of these Pacific Ocean islands. Outdoors and beachside is the only place to be, relaxed and informal yet stunningly breathtaking is the way of the land here and their destination wedding was all of this and more. So take a peek at their cheerful coral themed wedding, it will leave you longing for a trip to Hawaii as much as me I’m sure!

It’s the first day of September (I know, how did that happen?!) which officially heralds the beginning of autumn here in the UK. Right on cue we are enduring a grey, wet and windy day weather-wise, however the holiday and destination wedding season is still in full swing…there’s always a pocket of sunshine to be found somewhere in the world!

So to brighten up this breezy day and to take our minds off the fact that winter is on its way, comes today’s beautiful beach wedding in the US Virgin Islands.

Christina and Adam left behind cool, foggy San Francisco and jetted off to the Caneel Bay Resort located within 170 lush acres of the Virgin Islands National Park. Spectacular azure waters and bleached white sand created a dreamy beach ceremony setting whilst pretty pops of turquoise and flashes of tropical pink gave a vibrant finish to this darling destination wedding.